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Adjective wailing has 1 sense
- lamenting, wailing, wailful - vocally expressing grief or sorrow or resembling such expression; "lamenting sinners"; "wailing mourners"; "the wailing wind"; "wailful bagpipes"; "tangle her desires with wailful sonnets"- Shakespeare
Antonym: joyful (indirect, via sorrowful)
Noun wailing has 1 sense
- wailing, bawling - loud cries made while weeping
--1 is a kind of crying, weeping, tears
Verb wail has 2 senses
- howl, ululate, wail, roar, yawl - emit long loud cries; "wail in self-pity"; "howl with sorrow"
--1 is one way to shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall
Sample sentences:
You can hear animals wail in the meadows
The meadows wail with animals
- wail, whimper, mewl, pule - cry weakly or softly; "she wailed with pain"
--2 is one way to cry, weep
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